Indiana Folklore

Herausgeber: Dégh, Linda

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses old crafts and folk skills, from covered bridge building to quiltmaking, as well as the legends and lore of Indiana.<

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 1980
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 407g
• ISBN-13: 9780253202390
• ISBN-10: 0253202396
• Artikelnr.: 21312602

Autorenporträt

edited by Linda Dégh

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD
I. OLD CRAFTS AND SKILLS
1. Dry Stone Walling: Patricia Mastick
2. Joseph J. Daniels and Joseph A. Britton: Parke County's Covered Bridge
Builders: John M. Vlach
3. A Quiltmaker and Her Art: Sandra K.D. Stahl
II. PLACE NAMES AND ORAL HISTORY
4. Traditions of the Devil's Hollows by John A. Gutowski
5. Hangman's Crossing: Jeffrey Schrink and Frances Schrink
III. FOLK BELIEF, MEDICINE, AND MAGIC
6. The Miracle of String Measurement: Barbara Ann Townsend and Donald
Allport Bird
7. Root Doctors and Psychics in the Region: Elon A . Kulii
8. A Porter County Seer by Sheryl Pisarski
IV. HORROR STORIES
9. The Hatchet Man: Sylva Grider
10. The House of Blue Lights in Indianapolis: Linda Degh
V. GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE ROAD
11. Mary Whales, I Believe in You: Janet Langlois
12. The Big Tunnel: Gary Hall
13. The Chain on the Tombstone: William M. Clements
14. The Ghost of the Doctor and a Vacant Fraternity House: James Gary
Lecocq
15. The Walking Coffin: William H. Clements
Bibliography of Indiana Folklore by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindahl
Index